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If the test is for competency, and you pass, you are therefore competent. That's what passing the test means and you can give others proof of your competency by giving them an official certificate from the instructor (we do this as part of most permit aplications, btw).

Passing a skills and knowledge competency test doesn't ensure good judgment or a mature attitude.

Young teens take classes in how to drive and pass the tests but they aren't the most responsible drivers. There's a reason why their car insurance rates are more expensive.

How many of them drew a concealed or open holstered gun that they were carrying? It looks like the majority of them were defending themselves in their homes. An admirable feat of course but not the same as carrying in public.

Of course they can be, we even have an entire branch of the Judicial systom dedicated to Juvenile Court. AND we have a prison systom commonly called Juvenile Detention.

It's the parents who are usually legally liable (civilly and criminally) when children are involved in accidental shootings.

Passing a skills and knowledge competency test doesn't ensure good judgment or a mature attitude.

Young teens take classes in how to drive and pass the tests but they aren't the most responsible drivers. There's a reason why their car insurance rates are more expensive.

We still let them drive, though. We don't say "no teen in the whole country is allowed to drive", we say "get insurance" and let the market dictate availability.

Parents could have their child on their own Self Defense Insurance.

Originally Posted by Reba

How many of them drew a concealed or open holstered gun that they were carrying? It looks like the majority of them were defending themselves in their homes. An admirable feat of course but not the same as carrying in public.

Your question was of their judgment. Of course my examples weren't of children carrying in public because right now children don't carry in public.

Originally Posted by Reba

It's the parents who are usually legally liable (civilly and criminally) when children are involved in accidental shootings.

You'll notice those shootings occure in the home or car, not with a gun the child was carrying...because children can't carry in public right now. You forget to apply a consistent standard.